Black U.S. House members, 1965-2015

Date

Black U.S. representatives

1965

6

1967

6

1969

10

1971

12

1973

15

1975

16

1977

16

1979

16

1981

18

1983

21

1985

20

1987

22

1989

24

1991

27

1993

39

1995

41

1997

39

1999

37

2001

37

2003

38

2005

40

2007

44

2009

39

2011

43

2013

42

2015

44

Note: Shows the total number of black representatives serving in the Congress beginning in the given year. These representatives did not necessarily serve simultaneously or for the entire Congress. The data do not include nonvoting delegates or commissioners.

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